Aids Arsi Zone Hiv Prevalence Woreda

The aim of this study was to assess the HIV prevalence rate of the selected hospitals and healthrncenters in Arsi zone, Oromiya region, Ethiopia. Out of the 25 woredas found in the zone, 14 ofrnthem (56%) were selected by purposive or convenience sampling method.17 Health institutions,rnthree Hospitals (out of the five Hospitals found in the zone) and fourteen Health centers werernused for sampling. All the data was collected by tally method from the “Voluntary Counselingrnand Testing Registration Log Book” and from the “monthly reporting format” of the healthrninstitutions taken as a sample and analyzed using SPSS version 20. A total number of 269,398rnindividuals were tested for HIV in 14 woredas of the zone (Asella, Tiyo, Digelu and Tijo, Lemurnand Bilbilo, Robe, Lode Hetosa, Dodota, Diksis, Jeju, Shirka, Ziway Dugda, Munesa, Hetosa andrnSire). A 10 (ten) years annual clinical data record from Asella Hospital, 3 years annual clinicalrndata record from Rehoboth hospital, 8 years annual clinical data record from the FamilyrnGuidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) - Asella branch clinic and a one to nine years datarnfrom each of the other 13 woredas was collected to show the average annual HIV prevalence raternin the areas. The assessment of the retrospective clinical data record showed HIV/AIDS to bernabout 1.74% average annual prevalence. The data record also showed that HIV prevalencerndecreased from 11.14% in 2006 to 1.74% as compared to that of 2015. Furthermore, HIVrnprevalence among sexes showed 2.75% of the HIV positive individuals were females and 1.79%rnwas males. According to the study, 38.94% of the HIV positive individuals were males andrn61.06% were females. The data also showed that the disease is more prevalent in the age groupsrnof 15-49 years of age. Furthermore, the recent decrease in the prevalence of the disease seems tornbe promising but there is still a need to further enhance disclosure and condom use and usingrndifferent mechanisms like mass health education and face to face counseling and the need to takernthe control of the disease more seriously in the community.rnKeywords: - AIDS, Arsi zone, HIV, prevalence, woreda

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